英语听力：2012-01-13 穿越阿尔匹斯山 Alps-15

 It tastes good and will give you valuable vitamin C, up to eight times more than orange juice. But it’s not all over. And trudging¹ through the soft snow makes progress painfully slow. But there’s one possible solution—to try and make a pair of snow shoes. 

 

I’m in the French Alps. I’m amongst the trees on the lower slopes and here, the dangers are more hidden. 

 

First view across the valley for a while. It’s just been buried in this dense², dense wood. I was just praying it’s gonna stop raining because it’s making it bloody³ horrible. 

 

There is though one thing I can do—to try and get a view above the trees. But there’s nothing around. There’s nothing for it, but just to keep moving down. But the further you descend⁴, the warmer it gets, and the snow becomes softer. And it makes walking almost impossible. But there’s a survival trick that makes travelling a lot easier. I’m gonna show how to make a pair of snow shoes. 

 

Well, I’ve got these young saplings here that I’ve cut. And if I can take one of these, I should be able to hopefully bend this all the way round, try and do it without it snapping.

1 trudging   

vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• There was a stream of refugees trudging up the valley towards the border. 一队难民步履艰难地爬上山谷向着边境走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Two mules well laden with packs were trudging along. 两头骡子驮着沉重的背包，吃力地往前走。 来自辞典例句

2 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。

3 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

4 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。